Three-way faucet



Oct. 2 1923.

A. T. J. BAHR THREE-WAY FAUCET I I Filed Nov. 17. 1921 ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Patentedfiet! 2, 1e23,

t AUGUST r. i. Benn; or reonrn'rseono; riarirnors; iassrorjqoaevnrnnor AND rans'ivn ASSIGNM NTS; or. oivn-rounrrr 'rogeaviu'onn A. na'rnrinLnpNnroURqiH ro} JAMES J.-e;.aLLaennn, aarnnn-nrcnrns ro seen nun civil-EIGHTH To? v CHARLES l R-ANKS, ALL on ST. tools, MISSOURI. I

:- r-Hnnn-vrri? saucer.

Application a Noveniber 17,-1921.:;Seria1 ire/515,743, 1'

T. J; Bane,

Be it known that 1, AUGUST citizen of the United States of America", re-

siding, at Murphysboro, in the'county otj Ja'cksonand State of Illinois, have'invented certain ,new and useful Improvements in ThreeQl/Vay Faucets,-

ofvvhich the" following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to valvesand .in'ore particularly to valves of .the turning plug type my ohjectheingthe. provision of a three-way raucet to control the "supply of hot and cold water and iced water in hotels and the like which will he v simple and ,easy to, operate,jot economical and durable construction, and may be readily maintained in properly operating and sanitary condition. I

According to my invention all parts are} constructed andiconnected in such manner that disassenibly and thoroughcleaning is facilitated to the highest extent; 7

' Inthe accompanying drawing, which i1:

. lustrates the invention andforn'is a part of this specification} 1 p r Figure 1 is 'a vertical longitudinal section taken centrallythrough my improved valve. Figure 2 is a top-plan view thereof, Figure 3 is a'detail horizontal section taken on line 3-8 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a detail side View of the cylindrical turning plu Referring now to these figures, the body; 10' of myiinprove d faucet has a rear port1on- 11 in which are a series of horizontal, ver ticallyalined fluid channels 12, 13v andl l connectedin practise to plpes for supplylng mounted in use. v At its, forwardportion, the body 10 has a vertical cylindrical valve chamber 16 with which the forward ends of the fluid channels 0 12, 13 and 14c communicate atvertically spaced points. The lower portion of the cylinder below the rear portion 11 is externally threaded andnormally closed by means of cap 17 capable of ready removal, and the upper reduced, end 18 of the cylinder 1 is externally threaded'to receive a gasket nut 19.

intermediate its ends, and preferably point diametrically opposite, to thecentral fluidchannel 13, the cylinder" 16.11as an iI 1-' ternally threaded aperture .whichgjreceives" I the reduced andthreaded inner end of an charge spoutZOwhich, like the lower cap '17 and thevupper tachable:

Within the 'amtbeieeasar 16, a a

lin'drical valve 2lf is both rotatable and vertically shi ftahle, its upper end having a vertical stem 22 which projects upwardly. I

through thejgasket nut,19 and isthr'eaded at its upper end toreceive a handle23 preferably marked as shown'inFigur'e 2 sothat the manner "fof manipulating :thevalve will" unfamiliar with itsbe I plain, evento those operation. I

spout 20', the wall of valve 21'is cutaway as at 24 to form registering aperture elon- Adjacentto the inner end be the discharge gated both .v rticallyand circumferentially for a purpose to be presently described;

The yalve wall-also has an aperture 251dia1 metrically opposite to sand above the font away portion 24 and which, in the normalupper positionorthe valve, is abovejthe iced-water channel 12. Below this apertu 7 "1 1 25 are openings 26 and 27, located upon relatively opposite sides of'the vertical'plane of aperture 25 and respectively in the horizontal plane of i the {:cold and hot Water channels 13' ancl'lt, when the'valve is its f normal iipperposition.

Thus, n operation by i'wardly upon the handle 23 to lower valve" 21,"-the aperture 25 isshiftedinto alineuient with theiced-water channel 12' te -"bring ahoutdischarge; of iced water thrQughtheQ i discharge/spout".20; which may be cut 01 5;;- "by again litting the handle lf'col'dgwater lis desired; thehandle 23' 'is; turned 'elockwise until aperture 26 r-egisters with thegij v old water channel 13 while if hot water i f p I desired, the handle is turned counter-clockwise until aperture ZT registers with the, hot

water channel 14.

It will be -understood that to l pr'event' I leakage the valve '21 forins a groundjoint 7 throughout its length within thecyllndrlcal j valve chamber, so that th-e friction ofthis close uniforinffit'and that'of packing withv in the gasket nut 19 around the stem 22 Will effectively hold the valve in any position until shifted by the operator.

By virtue furthermore, ot'the removal of can 17 ogasket'nut 19 and handle 23, it is l 7 t i obvious that the valve 21 may be bodily removed tor cleansing purposes and that when thevalve is withdrawn through the lower end of its chamber and the discharge spout E lis detached, the entire body of the faucet is open for thorough cleansing and may a removable cap closin the lower end'ot the cylinder, a rearwardly projecting por tion having upper, intermediate and lower fluid channels, opening into the cylinder, a gasketnut threaded on the upper end of the cylinder, a cylindrical v'alve o'f'hollow form interfitting and vertically shittable and rotatable Within the cylinder, having a 25 stem projectingupwardly through the gaslzet nut, and having an' upper wall opening shiftable upon vertical movement of the valve into md'epende'nt registry With the upper fluid channel and also having circumt'eren-tially spaced and vertically oflset Wall openings for registration with the intermediate and lower channels upon oppositely rotative movements of the valve,said .Valve. also havmg an enlarged opening in its well in constant registry With the discharge spout and having a blanksection of its a-ll between its openings or" sufficient area to? close the several channels when the valve is in up or central )osition and a handle at l v 7 i the upper end of the valve stem.

In testimony whereof I havev attix'ed my 7 signature. V 7 AUGUST T. J. BAHR. 

